rate limiter

noun

A piece of software that performs rate limiting.

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Meanings

nounrate limiter (plural rate limiters)

plural rate limiters

  1. computingA piece of software that performs rate limiting.

    These scammers are creating multiple accounts with our name and image. They are free to comment on as many videos as they physically can simply because YouTube’s system has no comment rate limiter.

    2022 April 24, “YouTube comments have a big spam problem”, in GSMArena
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APA

rate limiter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rate%20limiter

MLA

“rate limiter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rate%20limiter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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